IBC Chapter Three - Use & Occupancy

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308 Institutional Group I

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308.1 Institutional Group I.
Institutional Group I occupancy included, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, in which people are cared for or live in a supervised environment, having physical limitations because of health or age are harbored for medical treatment or other car or treatment, or in which people are detained for penal l or correctional purposes or in which the liberty of the occupants is restricted. Institutional occupancies shall be classified as Group I-1, I-2, I-3 or I-4.

 

308.2 Group I-1.
This occupancy shall include buildings, structures or parts thereof housing more than 16 persons, on a 24-hour basis, also because of age, mental disability or other reasons, live in a supervised residential environment that provides personal care services. The occupants are capable of responding to an emergency situation without physical assistance from staff. This group shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

- Residential board and care facilities

- Assisted living facilities

- Halfway houses

- Group homes

- Congregate care facilities

- Social rehabilitation facilities

- Alcohol and drug centers

- Convalescent facilities

A facility such as the above with five or fewer persons shall be classified as a Group R-3 or shall comply with the International Residential Code in accordance with Section 101.2. A facility such as above, housing at least six and not more than 16 persons, shall be classified as Group R-4.

 

308.3.1 Childcare facility.
A child car facility that provides care on a 24-hour basis to more than five children 2 ½ years of age or less shall be classified as Group I-2.
308.4 Group I-3.

This occupancy shall include buildings and structures that are inhabited by more than five persons who are under restraint or security. An I-3 facility is occupied by person who is generally incapable of self-preservation due to security measures not under the occupants’ control. This group shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

- Prisons

- Jails

- Reformatories

- Detention centers

- Correctional centers

- Prerelease centers

Buildings of Group I-3 shall be classified as one of the occupancy conditions indicated in Sections 308.4.5 (see Section 408.1).

 

308.4.1 Condition 1.
This occupancy condition shall include buildings in which free movement is allowed from sleeping areas, and other spaces where access or occupancy is permitted, to the exterior via means of egress without restraint. A condition 1 facility is permitted to be constructed as Group R.

 

308.4.2 Condition 2.
This occupancy conduit shall include buildings in which free movement is allowed from sleeping areas and any other occupied smoke compartment to one or more other smoke compartments. Egress to the exterior is impeded by locked exits.

 

308.4.3 Condition 3.
This occupancy condition shall include buildings in which free movement is allowed within individual smoke compartments, such as within a residential unit comprised of individual sleeping units and group activity spaces, where egress is impeded by remote-controlled release of means of egress from such a smoke compartment to another smoke compartment.

 

308.4.4 Condition 4.
This occupancy condition shall include buildings in which free movement is restricted from an occupied space. Remote-controlled release is provided to permit movement from sleeping units, activity spaces and other occupied areas within the smoke compartment to other smoke compartments.

 

308.4.5 Condition 5.
This occupancy condition shall include buildings in which free movement is restricted from an occupied space. Staff-controlled manual release is provided to permit movement from sleeping units, activity spaces and other occupied areas within the smoke compartment to other smoke compartments.

 

 

308.5 Group I-4, day care facilities
This group shall include buildings and structures occupied by persons of any age who receive custodial care for less than 24 hours by individuals other than parents or guardians, relatives by blood, marriage or adoption, and in a place other than the home of the person cared for. A facility such as the above with five or fewer persons shall be classified as a Group R-3 or shall comply with the International Residential Code in accordance with Section 101.2. Places of worship during religious functions are not included.

 

308.5.1 Adult day care facility.
A facility that provides accommodations for less than 24 hours for more than 5 unrelated adults and provides supervision and personal care services shall be classified as Group I-4.

Exception: A facility where occupants are capable of responding to an emergency situation without physical assistance from the staff shall be classified as Group A-3.

 

308.5.2 Childcare facility
A facility that provides supervision and person care on less than a 24 hour basis for more than five children 2 ½ years of age or less shall be classified as Group I-4.

Exception: A child day car facility that provides care for more than five but no more than 100 children 2 ½ years of age or less of age, when the rooms where such children are cared for located on the level of exit discharge each of these child care rooms has an exit door directly to the exterior, shall be classified as Group E.

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